Quote by Dave__Notts
... and, isn't there a H&S implication/specialist training and insurance implication on working above a 2m height?
No
That legislation has been repealed and we just have the Work at Height Regs now. This states any height where a person may be injured.........so the 2m rule is out of the window.
Dave_Notts
errrrr, forgive.... but isn't that what Steve was actually saying?
Standing, or launching yourself onto a stool in icy/snowy/wintry weather could prove hazardous and in your context - at any height - could be injurious?
Platform heels could be height where a person my be injured even....
That is the definition of what is work at height. The controls that you put in place mitigate the risk of the actual fall.
The law doesn't ban any type of working, it just asks that those who are doing it are to do it with regard to industry standards or guidance. That is slightly different to what Steve is saying. He gives only one way of doing it and then saying it is not safe.
You could use a gantry, the rails that are inbuilt to the vehicle i.e. on tankers or car transporters, you could use long handled brushes with bendy bits to sweep the top and this way you don't even leave the floor, or even a harness system where the person is harnessed up to a ceiling rail so if they fall off then they do not fall to the ground.
They could even go to the extreme and buy in some bouncy castles so if they fall off they can have a play when they fall off. Lots and lots of ways they can do it. So to just say a ladder is not practical is not the only answer.
I bet there are many other ways to do it, but as I have not worked in that industry I do not know what is available for them.
Dave_Notts
The thought of hairy truckers dangling from the ceiling or bouncing around on bouncy castles is just too much after a leisurely lunch of lapin paysanne avec vin blanc charentaise.
Pass the bucket please V!
